Surgery and procedures CPT 20552 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Trigger point injection cost in Butler, AL — inpatient

In Butler, AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for trigger point injections, 1 or 2 muscles as an inpatient: from $471.96 to $471.96, with a median of $471.96. Across Alabama, the median is $339.87 at 33 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 20552, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Oct 1, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$471.96Ochsner Choctaw General
Median$471.96half of hospitals charge less
Highest$471.96in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Ochsner Choctaw General Butler, AL · (205) 459-9100 HC INJ SING/MULT TRIG 1 OR 2 MUS source file $471.96 $621.00 — 24%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.

Inpatient: lowest $471.96, median $471.96, highest $471.96.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $471.96 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

Trigger point injections put a numbing medicine, sometimes with a steroid, into tight knots in one or two muscles.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the injection. The steroid or other medicine may be billed separately.